PLUS ULTRA ...there is more beyond...: July 2013

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Sad Goodbyes

Last month we had to say goodbye to three different couples we know in one week! How sad it is when friends move away! But how awesome it is to know that our friendships will continue into eternity!!

This picture is from the last night Cori and Derel spent in Tucson before they hit the road for their new home in Vancouver, Washington. We have gotten to know Cori and Derel over the past several months in our small group and have enjoyed them so much. We were very sad to see them go and hope to visit them in the future.

The other couple in the picture with us is Betsy and Nick with their adorable son Silas. The 5 of us LOVE Tucson and are holding down the fort here as people come and go.

Our other friends who moved away are the Jankowski's, who moved down to Mexico and the Evan's family who moved back to Texas. We expect to see the Jank's often as they will come to Tucson regularly and we will go visit them in Mexico once it cools down. The Evan's are planting a church in San Antonio and we wish them well. The sheep of that flock will be extremely blessed to have Luke as their preacher as he is unusually gifted. God Bless you guys!!

Old World Visitors

Last month we had the pleasure of hosting friends from... IRELAND! My good friend Catrin (who is originally from Wales) and her new husband Len came to the U.S. for a nice long holiday and made a stop in the Old Pueblo to see us for a few days. It was great fun having them! While they were here we showed them around Tucson, took them to our favorite stores and restaurants for real Mexican food, to San Xavier Mission, to Nogales, Mexico, to hear Mariachi, Matt took Len shooting guns for a real American/wild west experience, and most importantly we introduced them to American wine and taught them how to play spades! Here are a few pics from their stay, which also happened to fall over Matt's birthday.